MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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